Some landline phones also have SMS capability. While both SMS and MMS stand for the service, the abbreviations are often used in common parlance to mean the actual message itself that is sent using the service.
Marine Corps basic training is the longest and most intensive of all the military branches. Consisting of 13 weeks and 12 training weeks, Marines leave boot camp âevery Marine a rifleman.â Boot camp consists of three phases, each one with increasing physical training and mental discipline required. Not all recruits graduate boot camp in 13 weeks, however. Many recruits will fall ill or become injured and need recovery time in Physical Conditioning Platoon, or the âpork chop platoon.â Overweight recruits that do not pass the IST will also be sent to the PCP. Copyright 2013 Cerberus Press.
An enlisted Marine must serve for four years to receive an honorable discharge after they enter basic training (this is pretty universal among the U.S. Military.) Boot camp lasts 3 months and the time spent there does count toward the day when you get out. The School of Infantry is another few months after that. After this a Marine will join his unit. The units are usually at a point preparing for their next deployment.